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Title: The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) NCRS Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873 Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842 Johnston, George, 1797-1855 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row
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none but Jews and Mahometans refuse to eat its flesh. [It appears to be indigenous only, however, toEurope and Asia, extending to the Peninsula of Hindostan: the Chinese breed is probably a distinct species,though it commingles freely with the other.] The jMasked Boar (.S. larvatus, F. Cuv.; .S. a/ikanus, Schreber; tanglier de Madagascar, Daub.)—Tusks li.pthe Common Hog; but on each side of the muzzle, near the tusks, is a large tubercle, somewhat like the nipple ofa woman, supported by a bony prominence, which imparts a singular physiognomy to the animal. It inhabitsMadagascar and the south of Africa. The Babyroussa [>Sus babyrussa. Buff. Supp.)—Longer and more slender legs than the others, with slender tusksturned vertically upwards, those of the upper jaw inclining spirally backward. It inhabits several islands of theIndian Archipelago. [Tlie Papuan Hog (S. papuensis) is another distinct species from New Guinea.] From the Pigs require to lie separated .^^fei, sS^w? ii.\<
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